Meaning

2 senses
  1. The Han character script used to write Korean, particularly in classical literature.

    Hanja

    ханча́xančá

  2. Any individual Han character as used in the Korean language.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Hanja play an important role in learning Korean vocabulary.

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  2. Hanja is the Korean name for Hanzi, the Chinese characters.

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  3. I'm studying Hanja.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
Han character script used to write Korean:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
Han character script used to write Korean:

Origin

Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja), from Middle Chinese 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, “Chinese charac

Borrowed from Korean 한자(漢字) (hanja), from Middle Chinese 漢字 (MC xanH dziH, “Chinese character”, literally “Han Chinese + character”).

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Forms

plural: hanja
Singularhanja
Pluralhanja

irregular · Lesson

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hanja — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto